Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 94

Yamen backyard.

Cheng Shigui, the county magistrate, and Fei Yi, the chief bookkeeper, both assistant officials came.

The old county magistrate, who was over fifty years old, had a gray beard and gray hair, and his eyes seemed to be dozing off with half-closed eyes.The chief secretary is much younger than the county magistrate Zhang Yichen, less than thirty years old, and still has a bookish look on his body.

"Mr. Zhang, Luo Wu's trouble is a bit too much."

Fei Yi sat there, his tone already a little impatient.

The county magistrate still had his eyes half-closed, as if he was dozing off.This old man has been sitting in the position of Zhangqiu county magistrate for eight years, and the county magistrate has changed three times, and he still sits in the second position.As he approached his sixtieth birthday, Cheng Shigui's career ambitions also cooled down.

What I think about is how to stay for a few more years, and then I will retire and return to my hometown to take care of my life.

As for the affairs of the county, in fact, he has not asked for a long time.Although he was sitting in the seat of the county magistrate, he actually didn't care about anything except drinking tea and reading books every day.

Even at this time, he is still not in a hurry.

On the contrary, Fei Yi, the master secretary, was young and not well-established, so he couldn't hide something in his heart.

The county magistrate Zhang Yichen looked past the young Fei Yi and looked at the Er Yin San Ya Si Dian behind him.

Hu Zuosi and Fa Zuosi were two middle-aged men in their 40s. They sat there with their heads bowed and did not speak, but Zhang Yichen knew that the chief clerk, Fei Yi, seemed to be the two's boss, but in fact he was caught by this The two were acting as gunmen, and what Fei Yi said was just what the two wanted to say.

As for the three arresters and the four Lingshi, all of them had dark faces, but they were silently protesting.

"We can't let Luo Wu mess around anymore, what is it like?"

Zhang Yichen smiled slightly.

"Brother Fei, why do you need to be so angry? Calm down your anger. Luo Wu is young, and he is indeed a little irritable in his work, but he is also my carefully selected new head arrester. Everyone knows that our Zhangqiu County is bordered by Jishui and the Yellow River in the north, and by the Yellow River in the south. There is a canal to the west of Mount Tai, and there are Changbai Mountains in this county, which is a place where bandits and bandits gather."

"The current situation is not as good as in previous years. The blue-faced ghost has just been captured, and there is Zhishiro. Now Zhishiro is still at large, and the bandits, big and small, are running around in the mountains. But the county government is not peaceful, and many servants are greedy. Shameless and unreasonable, it has ruined the reputation of our yamen and affected the reputation of the court, so it would be good for Luo Wu to clean it up."

Fei Yi was not forgiving.

"If there is a slave who violates the law, that is our business. It is his turn to catch Luo Wu alone? Shijun, we know that you admire Luo Wu, but he is only 16 years old, and he is still young. What do you know? You just let him be like this Hu Lai, I'm afraid it will get out of control by then."

"It's out of control? Master Fei is probably exaggerating? Until now, I only know that Luo Wu is in a normal shift change!"

"Cleaning warehouses, clearing prisons, checking records, and suing. Is there anything wrong with these? Since he is a head arrester, he has the right to do so, and he should indeed go through these procedures." Zhang Yichen slowly Said.

Dong Chao, the head catcher of the Zaoban, couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, even if Luo Wu is the new head catcher, he is only the head of the Kuaiban. But now he is not only taking over the Kuaiban, but also taking over our Zaoban and Zhuangban. Never mind, even the entire county government has been surrounded by him, arresting people everywhere and extorting confessions by torture, is this normal?"

"What about torture to extract a confession? After Luo Wu took office, it was found that the account books were wrong and the warehouse was in short supply. It is normal to investigate and interrogate. It is a good thing to find out that someone is corrupt and perverted the law."

"But Luo Wu is just a head catcher!"

"What you don't know is that I have appointed him as the chief squad leader of Zhangqiu County, and all three classes of yamen servants belong to him."

Cheng Shigui, the magistrate who had been half-closed his eyes, finally opened them.

"Your Majesty, the matter is almost ready, it's too late, why don't you let Luo Wu come in and tell him to stop here."

Except for Zhang Yichen who came to work in Zhangqiu not long ago, the longest ones here are the Zuoshi who have been here for more than ten or even twenty years, Cheng Shigui also stayed here for eight years, and Fei Yi also stayed here for three years.

If the Zhangqiu County Government is a cesspool, then if the lid is lifted now, none of them can get away with it.

Cheng Shigui said as much as he wanted, but he didn't want to get too involved.

"Luo Wu only took office according to my order, and he is handing over normally now. The account books are unclear, and the treasury is short. These must be filled. As long as I can fill in the shortfall, then I will not pursue it deeply, but the Yamen Li can no longer tolerate these people staying, they pack up and leave. But if someone refuses to explain clearly, then I will naturally ask Luo Wu to find out."

Facing the coercion of a group of subordinate officials, Zhang Yichen has a tough attitude.

"Your envoy, if the county keeps going on like this, we will lose all face. If the county finds out, I'm afraid that the envoy will be held accountable!"

Fei Yi threatened.

"If there is pus, you have to pierce it. If you don't pierce it, it will never get better. Although it hurts a bit when you pierce it, it is necessary."

"I hope you will think twice!"

Zhang Yichen shook his head.

"My head is hurting a little again. I'm afraid I won't be able to take things seriously these days. I hope you will forgive me for a few days. I need to rest and recuperate for a few days." Seeing this, Cheng Shigui fell ill.

Fei Yi also said, "I'm also feeling unwell and need to rest for a few days."

Several Zoshi team leaders also took leave one after another.

Zhang Yichen sneered.

"Since everyone is feeling unwell, let's all go home and rest. I don't care about the affairs of the yamen for the time being."

Fei Yi was dumbfounded.

I thought Zhang Yichen would panic when they sued collectively, but who would have expected that he would still be so stubborn.

It was difficult to get off the horse for a while.

He looked at Cheng Shigui, but Cheng Shigui had already got up and left.

He flicked his sleeves and left.

The remaining few subordinates were there, and after staring at each other for a while, they had no choice but to leave.

Zhang Yichen walked around the room alone for a while, and finally gritted his teeth.

"Call Luo Cheng in."

When Luo Cheng came in, Zhang Yichen had regained his composure.

"Shicheng, how is the handover going?"

"Returning to Shijun, the account books are unclear, the warehouse is empty, and there are bad debts everywhere."

"I expected it a long time ago, but I just didn't expect it to be this serious. Shicheng, now that the pustules have been pierced, you have to squeeze them out. I don't care what method you use, in short, you must sort out the account books as soon as possible, and clean up the warehouse. Make up for the deficit."

Luo Cheng smiled.

"As long as the envoy is willing to support me, then I am naturally willing to charge for the envoy!"

"Let go and do it!"

"From now on, I will be the head of the Sanya office in Zhangqiu County."

"Okay, I request the arrest and interrogation of the former three and the deputy foreman!"

Zhang Yichen thought for a while, then nodded.

"As long as you don't move Cheng Xiancheng and Chief Secretary Fei, the rest will follow you, but there must be evidence, ironclad evidence!"

"Don't worry, the evidence is solid."

(End of this chapter)